Health Project Planning

Question 1

Planning requires a critical analysis of the problem to be addressed. Problem analysis is important for developing a goal and objectives for the project that are realistic and achievable.

Answer 1

HEALTH PROJECT PLANNING

Question 2

describe a process of collecting information that will give a good indication of the priority needs of a community. It
provides an opportunity for the community to become involved in the planning from the beginning.

Answer 2

Needs assessment

Question 3

-This process will:
* raise community awareness about the issues and possible underlying causes
* stimulate discussion about ways to address the issues ·
* allow the community to be involved in planning and decision-making about the project

Answer 3

Sharing information from the needs assessment

Question 4

Some of the information gathered during the needs assessment may be able to be used as ‘baseline data’. Baseline data describe the situation or condition at the time the project or intervention starts.

Answer 4

Consider baseline data

Question 5

Major steps in planning, sustaining and
evaluating a health promotion project

Answer 5

Step 1: Identify the issues or health problems in the community
Step 2: Prioritize the issues or health problems
Step 3: Identify risk factors and set the goal for the project
Step 4: Determine contributing factors and state objectives for the project
Step 5: Determine what the strategies will be.
Step 6: Develop the action plan
Step 7: Sustain the project
Step 8: Evaluate the project

Question 6

the project team will have a list of major issues and potential target groups for the project. There are always competing
needs or issues in any community. Limitations such as time and resources mean that not everything can get addressed.

Answer 6

Step 2: Prioritize the issues or health problems

Question 7

are any aspect of behaviour, society or the environment that are directly linked to the health problem.

Answer 7

Risk factors

Question 8

Addressing a problem successfully will require the project to focus on the underlying causes or issues that led to the problem in the first place. In other words, the goal and objectives of a project need to relate to the underlying causes or issues.

Answer 8

Step 3: Identify risk factors and set the goal for the project

Question 9

are any aspect of `behaviour, society or the environment that
leads to the risk factors developing.

Answer 9

Contributing factors

Question 10

• make the plan clear and focus the energies of the project team
• let people know what they can expect to happen as a result of the project
• are the basis for planning the evaluation of the project

Answer 10

Developing the project goal and objectives

Question 11

• is about making changes to the risk factor addressed by the project.
• indicates what the planned, longer term outcome of the project is.
• It is also intended to inspire, motivate and focus people and encourage team cooperation

Answer 11

Goal

Question 12

state what changes the project will make to the contributing factors.

Answer 12

Objectives

Question 13

states who will achieve how much of what by when.

Answer 13

well written ‘goal and objectives’

Question 14

After the objectives are developed, the strategies are determined.

Answer 14

Step 5: Determine what the strategies will be.

Question 15

Once the strategies of the project are determined, the project team can write the action plan. The action plan includes all the
specific activities, large and small, that will need to be done to implement each of the strategies.

Answer 15

Step 6: Develop the action plan

Question 16

Planning for sustainability means thinking of ways to keep the project (or important parts of it) going after its official end. It then becomes an ongoing part of community activity.

Answer 16

Step 7: Sustain the project

Question 17

is about looking critically at what is happening in the project and making a judgement about its value, worth or benefit
(see the word value’ in evaluate).

Answer 17

Step 8: Evaluate the project

Question 18

Evaluation is important because it can tell us:

Answer 18

• how the project is going
• what effect it is having
• what changes we need to make to improve it